anurag
@researchgap.bsky.social
PhDing in Communication | Interests: Political Economy, Media and Technology Law, Internet Regulation, Misinformation, Minority Rights, Telecom Policy, Football, Running, Origami etc
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anurag
@researchgap.bsky.social
· May 8
In surrendering control of key communications infrastructure to a private, foreign corporation run by a billionaire who has challenged sovereign authorities in other democracies, a nation risks more than lost bandwidth, writes University of Calgary researcher Anurag.
Starlink in India: Connectivity, Control, and the Politics of the Sky | TechPolicy.Press
In surrenderingg control of communications to a private corporation, a nation risks more than lost bandwidth, writes University of Calgary researcher Anurag.
www.techpolicy.press
My article examines Starlink’s expansion into one of the world’s largest telecommunications markets and calls for a shift away from techno-optimist hype toward a more grounded understanding of the legal and sovereign challenges posed by foreign control over the Indian airwaves.
19 climate-friendly behaviours. A wonderful infographic by @worldresources.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
19 climate-friendly behaviours. A wonderful infographic by @worldresources.bsky.social
Gov. of India wants preloaded apps the way uncles and aunties want you preloaded with marriage advice.
www.telegraphindia.com/business/app...
www.telegraphindia.com/business/app...
Apple refuses India’s order to preload state cyber safety app Sanchar Saathi, cites privacy risks
The Indian government has confidentially ordered companies including Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi to preload their phones with an app called Sanchar Saathi, or Communication Partner, within 90 days
www.telegraphindia.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Gov. of India wants preloaded apps the way uncles and aunties want you preloaded with marriage advice.
www.telegraphindia.com/business/app...
www.telegraphindia.com/business/app...
...and she eats the same dog food.
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
...and she eats the same dog food.
Magpie from my neighborhood treats the walk with Dora as the highlight of her social calendar.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Magpie from my neighborhood treats the walk with Dora as the highlight of her social calendar.
The shutdown has reached my state as well. My cousin in our village in Bihar texted today that he couldn’t send his internship email due to no internet and will have to wait until he returns to college next week.
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The shutdown has reached my state as well. My cousin in our village in Bihar texted today that he couldn’t send his internship email due to no internet and will have to wait until he returns to college next week.
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⚠️ Update: #Afghanistan is now in the midst of a total internet blackout as Taliban authorities move to implement morality measures, with multiple networks disconnected through the morning in a stepwise manner; telephone services are currently also impacted
September 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
⚠️ Update: #Afghanistan is now in the midst of a total internet blackout as Taliban authorities move to implement morality measures, with multiple networks disconnected through the morning in a stepwise manner; telephone services are currently also impacted
Internet blackout hits Afghanistan as Taliban enforce morality crackdown.
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/i...
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/i...
Internet blackout hits Afghanistan as Taliban enforce morality crackdown
It’s the first time Afghanistan has experienced a shutdown of this kind since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.
www.nbcnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Internet blackout hits Afghanistan as Taliban enforce morality crackdown.
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/i...
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/i...
I came across this new the other day about leaked playlists from some famous folks. It’s called the Panama Playlist.: panamaplaylists.com
Panama Playlists
panamaplaylists.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I came across this new the other day about leaked playlists from some famous folks. It’s called the Panama Playlist.: panamaplaylists.com
Now the government will decide what you’ll eat on India’s Independence Day (Aug 15).
www.tribuneindia.com/news/asadudd...
www.tribuneindia.com/news/asadudd...
Political firestorm erupts over meat ban on Independence Day - The Tribune
Several political leaders terming it a violation of freedom.
www.tribuneindia.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Now the government will decide what you’ll eat on India’s Independence Day (Aug 15).
www.tribuneindia.com/news/asadudd...
www.tribuneindia.com/news/asadudd...
It will be super interesting to see how BRICS responds to Trump’s tariffs.
August 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It will be super interesting to see how BRICS responds to Trump’s tariffs.
Two of the books I am using in my PhD dissertation: A Dismantled State (Harper Collins India) and Colonizing Kashmir (Stanford Press) today - were banned today by Indian authorities.
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
Arundhati Roy to Noorani, J&K Home Dept bans publication of 25 books on Kashmir: ‘Propagating secessionism’
The books include political commentaries and historical accounts such as The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012 by noted constitutional expert Noorani, Kashmir at the Crossroads and Contested Lands by Sumantra...
indianexpress.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Two of the books I am using in my PhD dissertation: A Dismantled State (Harper Collins India) and Colonizing Kashmir (Stanford Press) today - were banned today by Indian authorities.
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
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"A U.S.-India trade agreement is about more than commerce. It is about security," notes CSIS Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics expert Richard Rossow.
Learn more about how new tariffs may endanger U.S.-India trust: www.csis.org/analysis/aft...
Learn more about how new tariffs may endanger U.S.-India trust: www.csis.org/analysis/aft...
August 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"A U.S.-India trade agreement is about more than commerce. It is about security," notes CSIS Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics expert Richard Rossow.
Learn more about how new tariffs may endanger U.S.-India trust: www.csis.org/analysis/aft...
Learn more about how new tariffs may endanger U.S.-India trust: www.csis.org/analysis/aft...
Government of India bans 25 OTT platforms over obscene content. This is part of its ongoing effort to regulate digital streaming services in the name of morality.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/g...
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/g...
www.hindustantimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Government of India bans 25 OTT platforms over obscene content. This is part of its ongoing effort to regulate digital streaming services in the name of morality.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/g...
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/g...
The Indian state of Maharashtra, with Mumbai as its capital, has passed a new law that criminalizes peaceful protest.
frontline.thehindu.com/politics/mah...
frontline.thehindu.com/politics/mah...
BJP Brings in ‘Security’ Law That Could Silence Dissent in Maharashtra
CM Fadnavis calls it a move against “Urban Naxals,” but activists say the MSPS Bill targets protests, punishes civil disobedience, and echoes Emergency-era repression.
frontline.thehindu.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Indian state of Maharashtra, with Mumbai as its capital, has passed a new law that criminalizes peaceful protest.
frontline.thehindu.com/politics/mah...
frontline.thehindu.com/politics/mah...
767 farmer suicide in the first three month of 2025 in Maharashtra. Reason: rising debt and low income.
www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/...
www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/...
Maharashtra saw at least one farmer die by suicide every 3 hours in first quarter of 2025
In Maharashtra, the alarming rate of farmer suicides has captured attention, with one farmer taking their life every three hours in the first quarter of 2025. State rehabilitation minister Makrand Pat...
www.downtoearth.org.in
July 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
767 farmer suicide in the first three month of 2025 in Maharashtra. Reason: rising debt and low income.
www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/...
www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/...
So that the voices calling to defund public broadcasters can become louder and louder??
BBC to launch new Generative AI pilots to support news production.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC to launch new Generative AI pilots to support news production.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC to launch new Generative AI pilots to support news production
www.bbc.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So that the voices calling to defund public broadcasters can become louder and louder??
BBC to launch new Generative AI pilots to support news production.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
BBC to launch new Generative AI pilots to support news production.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
"AI can replicate, but can it yearn?Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people who can’t express their feelings?"
I loved reading this interview with Wong Kar Wai, the director of one of my all-time favorite films- In the Mood for Love.
letterboxd.com/bfi/story/ca...
I loved reading this interview with Wong Kar Wai, the director of one of my all-time favorite films- In the Mood for Love.
letterboxd.com/bfi/story/ca...
‘Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people?’: Wong Kar Wai on In the Mood for Love at 25 – a new interview
A story on Letterboxd.
letterboxd.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"AI can replicate, but can it yearn?Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people who can’t express their feelings?"
I loved reading this interview with Wong Kar Wai, the director of one of my all-time favorite films- In the Mood for Love.
letterboxd.com/bfi/story/ca...
I loved reading this interview with Wong Kar Wai, the director of one of my all-time favorite films- In the Mood for Love.
letterboxd.com/bfi/story/ca...
This is India's state-run public broadcaster, DD News, operated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, spreading misinformation by airing a four-year-old video from Israel as footage of an Indian air defense system amid India Pakistan conflict.
www.altnews.in/aaj-tak-ndtv...
www.altnews.in/aaj-tak-ndtv...
May 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is India's state-run public broadcaster, DD News, operated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, spreading misinformation by airing a four-year-old video from Israel as footage of an Indian air defense system amid India Pakistan conflict.
www.altnews.in/aaj-tak-ndtv...
www.altnews.in/aaj-tak-ndtv...
A pristine-freshly-mowed lawn in North America holds the same spiritual value as a Hindu temple in an Indian residential society.
The Cult Of The American Lawn www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-...
The Cult Of The American Lawn www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-...
The Cult Of The American Lawn | NOEMA
Manicured grass yards are ecological dead zones. So why are they being forced on people by their neighbors and homeowner associations?
www.noemamag.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A pristine-freshly-mowed lawn in North America holds the same spiritual value as a Hindu temple in an Indian residential society.
The Cult Of The American Lawn www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-...
The Cult Of The American Lawn www.noemamag.com/the-cult-of-...
What a beautiful read on @theatlantic.com about the “islands of competence”. When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse. It article struck a deep chord and going to stay with me for a long time. Thankyou @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
When kids are falling short, many parents’ instinct is to penalize them by taking away something they love. But that’s the opposite of how to motivate them, Russell Shaw writes:
The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
bit.ly
May 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What a beautiful read on @theatlantic.com about the “islands of competence”. When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse. It article struck a deep chord and going to stay with me for a long time. Thankyou @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
My article examines Starlink’s expansion into one of the world’s largest telecommunications markets and calls for a shift away from techno-optimist hype toward a more grounded understanding of the legal and sovereign challenges posed by foreign control over the Indian airwaves.
In surrendering control of key communications infrastructure to a private, foreign corporation run by a billionaire who has challenged sovereign authorities in other democracies, a nation risks more than lost bandwidth, writes University of Calgary researcher Anurag.
Starlink in India: Connectivity, Control, and the Politics of the Sky | TechPolicy.Press
In surrenderingg control of communications to a private corporation, a nation risks more than lost bandwidth, writes University of Calgary researcher Anurag.
www.techpolicy.press
May 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My article examines Starlink’s expansion into one of the world’s largest telecommunications markets and calls for a shift away from techno-optimist hype toward a more grounded understanding of the legal and sovereign challenges posed by foreign control over the Indian airwaves.
Indian authorities have banned Pakistani YouTube content on the name of national security following growing tensions between the two nations.
April 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Indian authorities have banned Pakistani YouTube content on the name of national security following growing tensions between the two nations.
India is the only place where red tape is often tied after the ribbon is cut. An internet shutdown was imposed in Kashmir on April 23, 2025, before any official orders were issued. The orders came a day later and were made public two days after the shutdown had already ended. [Source: SFLC]
April 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
India is the only place where red tape is often tied after the ribbon is cut. An internet shutdown was imposed in Kashmir on April 23, 2025, before any official orders were issued. The orders came a day later and were made public two days after the shutdown had already ended. [Source: SFLC]
Prairie Crocus: One of the first plants to bloom in spring. Also an early source of nectar for bees when very few other flowers are available.
April 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Prairie Crocus: One of the first plants to bloom in spring. Also an early source of nectar for bees when very few other flowers are available.